1. buffet, counter, sideboard -- (a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers)
2. buffet -- (a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves)
3. snack bar, snack counter, buffet -- (usually inexpensive bar)

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I will cling fast to Thee, O God, though the waves buffet me. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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Or if I might buffet for my love. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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They know he can not buffet the world for them and their offspring. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict

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The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet i. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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That he did buffet thee, and in his blow. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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It was twenty past three when we reached our terminus, and after a hasty luncheon at the buffet we pushed on at once to Scotland Yard. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Jean, in front of the silver buffet of the city, which was guarded by four archers. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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Coquenard rose and took from a buffet a piece of cheese, some preserved quinces, and a cake which she had herself made of almonds and honey. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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A man that Fortune's buffets and reward. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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But buffets better than a fist of France. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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Whom the vile blows and buffets of the worl. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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It seemed to me that he took all blows and buffets now with just the same air as he had taken mine then. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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of what complexion soever and so buffets himself on th. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare